Ultimates #17

A hooded figure bearing the Fantastic Four's "4" emblem strides through a storm of amber and fire, while a massive spectral claw looms at their back — Dike Ruan's cover for The Ultimates #17 is quietly ominous, with a sense of enormous stakes drawn in restrained, almost painterly lines. Deniz Camp and Phil Noto continue their run on Marvel's Ultimate universe with this October 2025 installment, and the cover alone suggests something vast and threatening pressing down on a lone, determined hero. If the series has earned your attention before, this issue looks like it delivers on that tension in full.